Re: How to analyze a core dump

From: S Bob <sbob(at)quadratum-braccas(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>, pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: How to analyze a core dump
Date: 2020-11-02 18:10:17
Message-ID: e5e44ad8-1a41-6813-604a-6fe1c5e4ef90@quadratum-braccas.com
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On 11/2/20 11:04 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> S Bob <sbob(at)quadratum-braccas(dot)com> writes:
>> On 11/2/20 9:55 AM, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
>>> Is signal 10 SIGBUS on your platform? Perhaps check the relevant man
>>> page on your platform -- "man signal.7" works for me here.
>>> What CPU architecture and operating system are you using?
>> 32 bit, Solaris 10
> Solaris should be enough like other Unixen to presume that SIGBUS is 10.
> However, that doesn't get you far towards finding a root cause.
>
> Since you have a core file, maybe you could extract a stack trace
> from it? We have some suggestions at
>
> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Getting_a_stack_trace_of_a_running_PostgreSQL_backend_on_Linux/BSD
>
> although I'm afraid that's pretty gdb-specific, and Solaris probably
> has different debugging tools.
>
> What PG version are you running, exactly?

This client is running Postgres version 9.0.4

I'll have a look at the link you sent, thanks!

>
> regards, tom lane

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